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to the Garden in search of information, and has equally increased 
the correspondence of the department, and the prospective opening 
up of the territory of Johore which will follow on the completion of 
the railway will, without doubt, largely increase the w T ork in the 
near future. 
* Among the mare important scientists, agriculturists and others 
who visited the Gardens and spent some time there were P. Olson- 
Seffer (Mexico), Dr. Schlechter, Dr. Deisler, Mr. Unger 
(Yokohama), Professor Campbell (Stanford University, U.S.A.), 
Mr. Shaw-Hellikr (Jamaica), Mr. A. W. Prautch (Manila), 
Mr. Ryan (Ceylon), Mr. Taupin (Madagascar), Dr. A. H. Suggett 
(Mexico), Mr. H. Price (Boston, U.S.A.), Mr. Bienenfels (San 
Francisco), M. Vernet, Dr. Wegener (Berlin), H. H. Prince 
Yugala (Siam). 
Thefts. 
3. — -The most important theft during the year was of five 
hundred rubber seedlings by natives at night from the Economic 
Gardens. Very extensive thefts had occurred of this nature all 
over the Peninsula, and seedlings were being shipped in vast 
quantities to Dutch Borneo. A Malay was arrested with a large 
number of the source of which he could give no credible account, 
but the case against him was not considered sufficiently clear so 
that it was dismissed. A Chinaman .was caught in the evening 
collecting Wormia leaves, and fined five dollars, and there were a 
few thefts of flowers, fruit, etc., of the usual style. 
. The regulations as to dogs admitted to the Gardens when led 
by a string only having been allowed to be relaxed somewhat, as 
has previously happened, certain visitors brought dogs under no 
control which did damage in the Gardens, and the rule had to be 
strictly enforced again, and some little trouble was caused by 
thoughtless riders galloping their horses on the turf and spoiling it. 
Roads and Drives. 
4. — The exceptional humidity of the year caused much damage 
to the Garden drives, and the following urgently needed repairs 
were executed and paid for out of the Gardens Vote. 
The drive from the top of the plant house to the cross ways 
below, the band-stand was remetalled with three inches of laterite, 
gravelled and rolled, being of length of 200 yards and width of 
11 feet. 
The drive, from the terrace steps to the cross ways by the end 
of the red-stemmed palm avenue was remetalled with three inches 
of laterite, gravelled and rolled for a length of 80 yards by 18 feet 
width. 
The road from the godown to the plant house was remetalled 
with three inches of laterite, gravelled and consolidated for 95 yards 
and 11 feet width. 
The four-foot way from the main entrance to the drive near 
the old aviary was regravelled for 135 yards. 
